# Agon: Memories of the Fallen tags: #game/rpg/agon-memories-of-the-fallen ![[Agon - Memories of the Fallen (cover).jpg|600]] **Agon: Memories of the Fallen** is Matteo Sciutteri and Cristiano Dieci's **[[Paragon]]**-system playset, and it's the dark-fantasy dial the family otherwise mostly leaves to the mythic sea — an undead apocalypse for an empire whose gods have gone quiet. It runs the same contest machinery as **[[Agon]]**, but pointed at a grinding war against a corrupt god of undeath, which is about as far from the sunlit Aegean as the engine gets. ## Setting The war against **the Fallen** is coming to an end, and not on humanity's side. The Fallen is an evil, corrupt god who abjured the concept of life itself; his minions are corrupted in flesh and soul, repudiating life to become undead — violent, cruel, depraved beings whose rotting flesh can sweep away whole armies. The **Empire** once counted itself the favorite of the gods, but the gods have been silent for over a hundred years — some think they're dead or gone. The only divine manifestation left is the Fallen, who appeared five years ago and raised an undead army with one purpose: to annihilate every life form. The Emperor is dead, the political power held by a struggling body of bureaucrats, and the players are the **14th company** of the Imperial Army — the most undisciplined and the most lethal — beaten at the **Battle of the Ashes** and falling back to **Moon's Keep**, tasked with leading the **Seed of Hope** through to the final stronghold before the Fallen's army arrives. ## Mechanics The engine is Agon/Paragon — die-rated characters, Domain-flavored contests, opponent pools, one-roll resolution — with the whole mythic apparatus swapped for a war-chronicle frame: hardened veterans, a long retreat, a single objective, and the corruption of the flesh as a curse that will haunt humanity's memory for generations. It's a playset for running the epic as a losing campaign, where glory means buying the last of it time. ## Editions **Agon: Memories of the Fallen**, a Paragon-system playset by Matteo Sciutteri & Cristiano Dieci. *In the library* (v1.0, plus a high-res copy, a character sheet, and a map). ## References - [Agon — Official Site](https://agon-rpg.com/) - [Agon — Evil Hat](https://www.evilhat.com/home/agon/)